With this sketch I am on to my 103rd sketchbook – this one using my go-to paper at the moment (Umae hot press 300gsm). This is the third sketch I did on World Book Day (Día Del Libro) with #UskMnl in Ayala Triangle Gardens. The building is the Makati Stock Exchange (which I have sketched before – see sketch No.1080). Instead of doing my usual thing and carefully starting with ink, I decided to be more spontaneous, start with the paint and be a bit more splashy.
Sat-26-Apr-2025
Here is my last sketch from the Dia del Libro event last Saturday. There was quite a big earthquake in Manila a short while ago – it must have been extra scary for anyone living in this building.
Sat-27-Apr-2019
Finally I am getting round to sharing my sketches done at the ‘Dia del Libro’ last Saturday in Ayala Triangle organised by the Instituto Cervantes, the cultural arm of the Embassy of Spain. The event included a book fair and a rewriting of Don Quixote de La Mancha by hand… but I was just there to sketch. This is the first drawing I did – on a loose piece of A4 paper provided by Urban Sketchers Kyusi and put up later in an exhibition.
Sat-27-Apr-2019